48 Two Kinds of Forests

Two Kinds of Forests by SANDY DAMASHEK With the Editors of TIME FOR KIDS

《两种森林》，作者:桑迪·达玛谢克，《儿童时代》编辑

Chapter 1 Two Kinds of Forests If you were building a treehouse, where would you put it? Would you choose a woodland forest or a rain forest? What is a woodland forest? What is a rain forest? Where are they? How are they alike? How are they different? This book has the answers.

第一章两种森林如果你要建一个树屋，你会把它放在哪里? 你会选择林地还是雨林? 什么是林地? 雨林是什么?他们在哪里? 他们有什么相似之处?它们有什么不同? 这本书有答案。

Woodland forests have trees that lose their leaves in the fall. Rain forests are usually hot and rainy places. Those are clues about what these forests are like. Where you find these forests is another clue. The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of Earth. This map shows where Earth's woodland forests and rain forests are. Rain forests are close to the equator. Woodland forests are farther from it.

林地里的树木在秋天落叶。 雨林通常是炎热多雨的地方。 这些都是关于这些森林的线索。 在哪里找到这些森林是另一条线索。 赤道是绕着地球中心的一条假想线。 这张地图显示了地球上的林地森林和雨林的位置。 热带雨林靠近赤道。 林地离它更远。

Chapter 2 Checking Out Climates Woodland forests and rain forests grow in very different climate zones. If you like a climate with Sun and snow, a woodland forest is the place to go! Here, the weather changes with each season. If you like hot, wet weather, a rain forest might be for you. You could swim all year-round. But you would get wet from the rain! It rains almost every day.

林地和雨林生长在非常不同的气候区。 如果你喜欢有阳光和雪的气候，林地森林是你要去的地方!这里的天气随着季节而变化。 如果你喜欢炎热潮湿的天气，热带雨林可能适合你。 你可以全年都游泳。 但是你会被雨淋湿的!几乎每天都下雨。

Chapter 3 What Grows There? The weather is always changing in a woodland forest. The trees change, too. In summer, leaves cover the trees. In fall, the leaves change color and fall. Most trees have no leaves in winter. Spring brings new leaves. Half of all the different kinds of plants on Earth live in rain forests! Why? The weather is always hot and wet there. That means rain-forest plants can grow all year long.

第三章那里长着什么? 森林里的天气总是在变化。 树也变了。夏天，树叶覆盖了树木。 秋天，树叶变色，飘落。 大多数树在冬天没有叶子。 春天带来了新叶。地球上一半不同种类的植物都生活在雨林里!为什么? 那里的天气总是湿热的。 这意味着雨林植物可以全年生长。